Table 3.

Exploratory factor analysis: factor loadings, communalities, explained variance, and correlation among factors (n = 226).

	Factors
Items	F 1	F 2	F 3	F 4	F 5	F 6	Communalities
Depression	0.816						0.688
Anxiety	0.690						0.541
Suicidality	0.627						0.383
Guilt	0.543						0.296
Somatic concern	0.429						0.310
Blunted affect		0.875					0.767
Emotional withdrawal		0.788					0.649
Motor retardation		0.699					0.545
Mannerisms and posturing		0.448					0.437
Hallucinations			0.744				0.467
Unusual thought content			0.741				0.575
Bizarre behavior			0.662				0.546
Suspiciousness			0.483				0.463
Motor hyperactivity				0.771			0.565
Excitement				0.744			0.654
Elevated mood				0.529		0.328	0.253
Tension				0.485			0.407
Conceptual disorganization					0.860		0.660
Distractibility					0.498		0.570
Disorientation					0.367	0.495	0.397
Grandiosity			0.432			0.462	0.419
Explained variance	17.88	10.45	8.51	5.91	2.76	2.46
F1		0.13**	0.34***	0.19***	0.20***
F2			0.14**	−0.13*	0.30***
F3				0.16**	0.26***
F4					0.15**
Cronbach's alpha	0.75	0.77	0.74	0.65	0.65

F1, Affect; F2, Negative symptoms; F3, Positive symptoms; F4, Activation; F5, Disorganization. ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001.